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Chapter 1 What is a Research Paper? |
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Identifying cause and effect |
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Chapter 2 Planning Your Paper |
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Broadening a narrow topic |
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Thesis statement formulas |
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Example thesis statements |
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Chapter 3 Conducting Research |
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Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources |
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You can't believe every thing you read on the internet |
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Chapter 4 Avoiding Plagiarism |
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Paraphrasing and summarizing |
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Consequences of plagiarism |
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An Introduction's Purpose |
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Completing your introduction |
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How should you organize your ideas? |
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Chapter 8 Editing and Revising |
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Questions to ask while you are revising |
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Chapter 9 Common Writing Mistakes |
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Chapter 10 The Finishing Touches |
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| Conclusion |
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| Author's Note |
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| Glossary |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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